GYBE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GYBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GYBE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GYBE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GYBE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GYBE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GYBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does GYBE mean in Scrabble?
verb
nautical
To swing a sail across the stern when turning.
A gybe is the dangerous turn: the boom crosses fast and under full load, and an unplanned one has killed people. Sailing schools teach the opposite turn first for exactly that reason.
How GYBE is used
Gybed, gybing. American spelling is jibe.
- An accidental gybe can take the mast out.
- The word gybe names the turn where the boom crosses.
- They gybed in a rising wind and lost the boom.
- Sailing schools teach the safer turn before a gybe.
- A controlled gybe uses the sheet to slow the boom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GYBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GYBE
2 longer words begin with GYBE.
Shorter words from the letters in GYBE
Common questions about GYBE
- Is GYBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GYBE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GYBE worth?
- GYBE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GYBE mean?
- To swing a sail across the stern when turning.
- What letters can be added to GYBE?
- GYBE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GYBE:
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